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Since the publication of the first edition of Police and Policing in 1989, the amount of research being conducted on the police as well as public interest in the issues concerning the role of law enforcement has grown considerably.

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Since the publication of the first edition of Police and Policing in 1989, the amount of research being conducted on the police as well as public interest in the issues concerning the role of law enforcement has grown considerably.

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This book formulates a theory of the origin and evolution of the police function, using both historical and cross-cultural analysis. It suggests that the police institution has a double and contradictory function: at the same time, and in the same society, it seeks to be the agent of the people it polices and of the dominant class.

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Every once in awhile a book of readings comes along which accomplishes its mission to serve as a forum for argumentation and debate, and present the diversity of views on a particular subject. For the police professional the book is mandatory, and any one interested in the world if policing shouldn't be without it.

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With just the right dose of academic pragmatism, Police Misconduct in America assesses the history of police excesses from 1900 to the present.

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This text deals with these questions, defines the role of the arbitrator, and discusses the ways in which awards are made and grievances settled.

Coulson shows how complicated the bargaining process can be and the types of problems that can arise between police unions and local governments.

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A team of expert contributors provides an in-depth exploration of police use of force, firearms, and less-than-lethal weapons from a dozen countries across five continents.

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A bibliography consisting of more than 700 references related to stress management, covering the time period 1945-1989, aimed specifically at paramedics, police officers and firefighters. Areas covered include psychological and physiological factors, suicide, accidents and substance abuse.

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A strong challenge against the present American system of law enforcement, this book contends that politics have prevented police from achieving their sworn mission.

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This collection explores policing and race in relationship to political challenges, economic realities, and social ramifications. This is done through the use of evidence-based research and established best practices as presented in fourteen chapters written by accomplished scholars across various academic disciplines.

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This book illustrates the process by which social media and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work in Canada. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional public police practices in a manner that is consistent with the logic of social media platforms.

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This book illustrates how social media and related changes in communication formats have affected the public face of policing and police work using Canada as a case study. Schneider argues that police use of social media has altered institutional public police practices in a manner that is consistent with the logic of social media platforms.

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This book maps the development of modern policingboth theory and practicefrom humans first efforts at social control, through the British roots of modern policing, to the unique institution of American policing today.

How Americans view police has varied dramatically through history.

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This study examines the attendant political repression, torture, corruption, and rising crime that soon followed the British takeover of the Egyptian police force.

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Alpert and Dunham argue that only by understanding the various ethnic groups' attitudes toward police and policing can beneficial means of maintaining order and controlling crime be planned and implemented.

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The book explores interactions between police officers and citizens in European countries, asking how differences such as race, culture and ethnicity are brought up and in what way they shape these encounters.

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This collection of essays examines the growth of professionalization in national police forces in England, France, Germany, Ireland, and the Netherlands.

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Bringing together a range of leading social scientists and criminologists, this volume explores a number of key themes raised by the work of Robert Reiner, arguably the leading policing scholar of his generation.

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Since the Garden of Eden, humanity has been concerned with shelter. Yet housing means different things to different people. This is a historical reference guide that reviews housing concepts and issues. It covers current literature in housing from a multidisciplinary perspective.

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A hard hitting look at our troubled society, the intergenerational cycle of crime and criminal families and the women who have the power to change things for the better - if we let them.